Planning

• Central activity of every teacher.
• The main feature that distinguish an okay teacher from an excellent teacher!

What to Consider When Planning a Lesson

• What learning outcomes do you want students to develop?
• How will you establish purpose? How will you engage students in lesson?
• How will you take into account students’ prior experiences and knowledge?
• How will you represent the content? What vivid phenomena will you use?
• How will you allow students to express their ideas?
• How will assess if students have met the learning outcomes?
• How will you sequence lessons so that they support the understanding of the learning outcomes?

Guide for Using the Rhode Island Lesson Plan Template



Rhode Island Department of Education
Lesson Plan

Lesson Title:

State Standards: GLEs/GSEs

National Standards:

Context of Lesson:

Overview of lesson, including: where it fits in unit, what are key ideas and what will students be doing.

Opportunities to Learn:

Depth of Knowledge

Prerequisite Knowledge

Plans for Differentiating Instruction

Accommodations and modifications

Environmental factors

Materials


Objectives:

Instruction:

Opening:


Engagement:


Closure:


Assessment:




Reflections

(only done after lesson is enacted)

Student Work Sample 1 – Approaching Proficiency:

Student Work Sample 2 – Proficient:

Student Work Sample 3 – Exceeds Proficiency: